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Discussion in 'Software' started by wrangler2100, Oct 22, 2011.

  1. wrangler2100

    wrangler2100 Private First Class

    when I am searching for something like yahoo mail in google the results come up then when you click on it a different page comes up like consumer search or scour comes up , I ran several cleaners like glary ,cc , spybot and still happening is there anything else I can do ?
     
  2. necro61

    necro61 Specialist

    Hi there,

    have you tried CCleaner and clean out your cookies, can download it from the download section here somewhere I think, or google it.

    Make sure you add to your favorites any sites you have in your history drop down bar first tho :p This may help, or perhaps your browser has like a little redirect thing going on there.

    Good luck :wave
     
  3. mjnc

    mjnc MajorGeek

    Just a thought here - make sure the Status Bar is visible in your web browser.

    When you hover the mouse pointer over the link, the Address shown in the status bar should match the address shown just below the link you are pointing to.

    If they match and you are connecting to a different address, then seems to me that something is redirecting - possibly a security application or HOSTS file.
     
  4. wrangler2100

    wrangler2100 Private First Class

    yes tried crap cleaner and yes when I put my mouse over it it says www.mail.yahoo.com then when you click on it a page called star feeds mixer , yellowwise, consumer search , and several others . it just started happening yesterday and also noticed that I keep getting security prompts to unblock thing I use regularly but have never seen these prompts before
     
  5. plodr

    plodr Major Geek Super Extraordinaire

    You have some sort of re-direct virus on your computer.
    Make sure your av program is up to date and then scan with it. It also would not hurt to scan with malwarebytes. http://majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=5756
    This will need to be updated after you install it and before you scan with it.
     

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